AWS GovCloud Cloud Architect - Migration & Automation Lead

Nightwing; Maryland; On-site; USD 122,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k plan

PTO

Holidays

Additional insurances

Job summary

Nightwing is seeking an experienced Cloud Solutions Architect to lead a program establishing a unified development environment in AWS GovCloud and migrate separate networks into a single, scalable setup.

The role emphasizes automation, infrastructure-as-code, and secure, high-performance cloud designs for mission-critical operations, with collaboration across DevOps, security, and customer stakeholders.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship and TS/SCI clearance.
• 8+ years of direct cloud/architecture experience.
• Experience with AWS services including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, and CloudFormation; IaC tools like Terraform/Ansible.
• Ability to design scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and architecture of a consolidated AWS GovCloud development environment.
• Plan and execute migration of separate development networks into a single environment.
• Develop automation frameworks and IaC templates to streamline provisioning and deployment.
• Provide systems engineering project leadership for a large development effort.
• Interface with customer and stakeholders to derive migration specifications.
• Implement security controls including encryption and hardened configurations for a classified environment.
• Collaborate with DevOps to enhance CI/CD pipelines in the consolidated environment.
• Support risk assessments and establish risk mitigation strategies during migration.
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide technical guidance to implementation teams.
• Evaluate and recommend new cloud services and technologies to improve operations.
• Support troubleshooting during migration and active operations.

Skills

U.S. Citizenship

Active TS/SCI clearance

Cloud architecture design (AWS)

Cloud security best practices

Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CF/

Ansible

Python/Bash/PowerShell

Networking (VPC, TLS)

Agile development

Leadership

Documentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Systems Engineering / Information Systems

High School diploma + 10+ years relevant experience

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

AWS (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda)

Python

PowerShell

Job description

Nightwing is seeking an experienced Cloud Solutions Architect to lead a program establishing a unified development environment in AWS GovCloud and migrate separate networks into a single, scalable setup.

The role emphasizes automation, infrastructure-as-code, and secure, high-performance cloud designs for mission-critical operations, with collaboration across DevOps, security, and customer stakeholders.